Axis 214 PTZ User Manual

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9AXIS 214 PTZPan/Tilt/Zoom controlsThe Live View page also displays the Pan/Tilt/Zoom controls.These are enabled/disabled for specified users by the administrator under System Options> Security > Users > User List.The Pan Tilt and Zoom bars control their respective functions in two different ways.Clicking anywhere on the bar's gradient allows for a ‘smooth' adjustment of the camera'sposition, whilst clicking on the arrows at the two ends of the bar causes a stepped,incremental change.Note: Setting the iris and focus manually will disable Auto iris/Auto focus.Control panelClick the Ctrl panel button to display the control panel, which providesthe following settings:• Auto focus: Automatically adjusts the image focus.• Auto iris: Automatically adjusts the amount of light reachingthe camera and gives the best results, This also protects theimage sensor from strong light.• Backlight comp: Enabling backlight compensation makes thesubject clearer if the image background is too bright, or if thesubject is too dark.• IR cut filter - when set to off, the camera will be able to “see”infrared light, e.g. at night, thus making the image clearer. Theimage is shown in black & white when the IR cut filter is off. Setto Auto to automatically turn the filter off when the availablevisible light falls below the minimum requirement.The control panel can also show custom shortcuts, which are configuredfrom PTZ Configuration > Advanced > Ctrl Panel.Viewer controlsThe default viewer (for further description see page 24) to use for displaying moving images is selected fromSetup > Live View Config > Layout.The AMC viewer toolbar is available in Microsoft Internet Explorer only. See AXIS Media Control, on page12 for more information. The AMC viewer toolbar displays the following buttons:The Play/Stop buttons start and stop the live video stream.The Snapshot button takes a snapshot of the currently displayed image. The Snapshot functionand the target directory for saving snapshots can be configured from AMC (AXIS MediaControl), which is available from the Windows Control Panel (Internet Explorer only).Click the View Full Screen button and the video image will fill the entire screen area. No otherwindows will be visible. Press Esc (Escape) on the computer keyboard to cancel full screen view.Enabling this button allows the user to start an recording directly from the Live View page. Thelocation where the image file is saved can be specified using the AMC control panel. To enablerecording, Select Live View Config > Viewer Settings > Enable recording button.